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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday june 19,1988 probe focus shifts to retired Admiral now consultant to Mcdonnell Douglas by Norman Black a military writer Washington a Federal agents invest gating fraud and bribery in he defer scr con Rac ii Tai Industry Are examining Itil work of a retired four Star admirer who was an apparel favorite of former novy Secretary John f. Lehman. Retired . James a Are Lyons also was a colleague of a Central figure in the defense contracting probe Melvyn r. Paisley. According to Pentagon sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. According in a search warrant unsealed by a Federal court in is. Louis last week Lyons has worked As a consultant to the Mcdonnell Douglas corp. Since Ai least last december. The sources said Lyons was hired to help Mcdonnell Douglas sell Jet fighters to South Korea. Lyons retired last oct. 1 after serving two cars As the commander of the Pacific Fleet. In that Post he presumably forged tin with military leaders in South Korea As Well As other Pacific rim coun tries such As Japan Australia and the philippine. Lyons is not accused of any wrong doing. Hut the warrant authorized a search of corporate offices in St. Louis where Mcdonnell Douglas is headquartered for any contracts agreements re ports payment records or any other documents relating to the work of Ace Lyons for Mcdonnell Douglas from de Cember 1987 through mar the sources said that Lyons was hired by Mcdonnell Douglas the nation s larg news briefs is defense contractor to assist the com Pany in marketing the f/a-18 Jet a Navy Jet to South Korea. The koreans Are said to be debating whether to buy the f/a-j8 or another plane the f-16, made by the general dynamics corp. Without mentioning any names the search warrant authorized Federal agents to search Mcdonnell Douglas offices for internal Navy documents relating to the of a Login  Lyons who now lives in the washing ton suburb of Mclean va., has an unlisted phone number. Jim Reed a spokesman for Mcdonnell Douglas said Friday he did not have any information available on lyons1 work Lor inc company. The search warrant makes Clear that its primary focus is the relationship be in cent Paisley a former top Navy official and now a consultant for United technologies corp., and Thomas Gunn a Mcdonnell Douglas executive. In also singling out Lyons however the investigators have signalled interest in another close associate of former Navy Sec Clary Lehman. Paisley was recruited by Lehman in 1931 to be one of inc Navy Secretary s two top aides. Pais Ley resigned the Post in april 1987, inc same month Lehman left and within a week Afler his departure began working for United technologies. Sources said that Lyons 60, a Grad uate of the . Naval Academy was a close associate of Lehman and came to know Paisley Well. Starting in 1983, when Lyons was promoted to the position of Deputy chief of naval operations for plans policy and operations he began working on a daily basis with Lehman and Paisley. He is widely thought to have won his fourth Star and the command of inc . Pacific Fleet two years later because of leh Man s intervention. Indeed jail september James h. Webb jr., then Navy Secretary accused Lehman of favouritism in handling Mili tary promotions and cited Lyons As an example. At the same time. Pentagon sources disclosed that Webb along with . Carlisle a a. Trost the chief of naval operations . William j. Crowe the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and  Ronald j. Hays the head of the . Pacific Cpd had joined forces in pushing Lyons into retirement the revelation that Lyons retirement was not voluntary prompted Lehman by then Back in private life to condemn the move against i Friend As the revenge of the  Webb responded to Lehman during a Pentagon press conference by saying you would expect that sort of a com ment. It s no secret that my predecessor played a great Deal of favouritism in the promotional and assignment aspects of officers in the naval  meanwhile it was Learned that engine maker Pratt & Whitney possessed Sensi Tive documents that rival general elec tric co. Had submitted to the defense department in competing for contract Worth hundreds of millions of dollars the assertion was made by the Fri Ina search warrant obtained to seize mate rials from the offices of Eugene tall a vice president of Pratt & Whitney and head of the company s Washington of fice. Pratt & Whitney a an operating unit of United technologies corp. A copy was obtained by the Trad paper defense week and made available saturday to the associated press. The investigation which sen. John Warner r-va., a former Navy Secretary Calls the most widespread Case i or any one else has Ever seen has been going for two years Bui was such a will a Tell secret that even president Reagan was inthe dark until last week. In a related development sources who declined to be identified told the Aiso. Cia cd press saturday of a conversation Between Federal prosecutor Henry Hud son who is spearheading the investigation and sen. Charles Grassley a Jowa a critic of Pentagon spending policies Grassley and aides met with Hudson for 15 to 20 minutes thursday afternoon and then inc two met alone for another30 to 40 minutes. After Hudson Laid out the scope of the probe the sources said. Grassley aware of the close ties among Paisley Lehman and Everett Pyatt assistant Navy Secretary for shipbuilding asked if Lehman was a target of the investigation. Hudson answered Wilh a Blunt no  Lehman Paisley and Pyatt have not returned numerous phone Calls seeking their comment. Navy announces new top enlisted member Washington the Navy Friday chose master chief Duane r. Bushy an avionics technician and command master chief aboard the aircraft Carrier Theodore Roosevelt As the next master chief Petty officer of the Navy. Bushy who was selected Over three other finalists including master chief Ronnie Coles of aver Headquarters in London will become the seventh individual to serve in the Post when he replaces master chief William h. Pla Cliett who is retiring in september. A native of new Hampshire Bushy joined the Navy in 1962. The master chief Petty officer of the Navy Ashe top enl Isle person in the service is the Pri n Cipal enlisted assistant to the chief of naval personnel and the senior enlisted adviser to the chief of naval operations. Canada greets leaders of top Industrial nations Toronto a leaders of the world s largest industrialized democracies began Assem bling saturday for their annual economic sum Mit meeting. Italian prime minister Ciriaco de Mila arrived in Toronto saturday British prime minister mar Garcel Thatcher was also to arrive later in the Day. However the official welcoming were schedule for sunday inc Start of the Summit. Already on the Summit Agenda was a . Joust with the europeans Over agriculture subsidies. The . Delegation probably joined by Canada will seek an end to All agricultural subsidies but the idea is meeting stiff resistance from France and West Germany. The Summit Host Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney visited the convention Center where the Summit opens sunday to Ell reporters he hoped it would be a world class  japanese prime minister Noboru Takeshit arrived Lale Friday. President Reagan and French president fran Cois Mitterrand were due to arrive sunday. English team s ouster from tourney raises police Hopes fans will leave Frankfurt up the English soccer team played its last same saturday in the european championship tournament to the Relief of West germans exposed to six nights of Drunken brawls by English fans police hoped the fans who lived up to their reputation for hooliganism in Stuttgart Bliss Oldorf and Frankfurt would go Home now that the English team which lost All three of its games failed to qualify for next week s semifinals. The fans who were in Frankfurt for the saturday afternoon game Between England and the soviet Union which the soviets won 3-1, did not go quietly. They provided another night and Day of violence and drunkenness. Before the game from about 11 . Friday to 2 . Saturday in the sixth straight night of violence involving English fans intoxicated englishmen went on u rampage around the main Frankfurt railway Sta Tion and in the Center of the City a police spokesman said. Sixty one English were arrested the spokesman said. One thousand two Hundred police were on duty in the City to preserve order among he English in West Germany for the june 10-25 tournament. Saturday afternoon before the beginning of the match against the soviet Union. 35 More intoxicated English were detained to keep them out of trouble the spokesman said. In Munich before the Friday night game Between West Germany and Spain a notice arrested 120 German fans for damaging trains bringing them to the City an for fighting among themselves. Forty More germans were refused entry to the olympic stadium because they were drunk. West Germany beat Spain 2-0 to qualify for the semifinals. In Frankfurt English fans damaged automobiles picked fights with germans and aimlessly hurled stones and Beer glasses the police spokesman said. The actions of the English fans renewed Calb to completely ban All English soccer teams from International Competition. The riot involving Drunken English soccer Fani some with shaved Heads and tattoos and wearing heavy boots infuriated British prime minister Marga ret Thatcher her government said thursday it would seek travel restrictions ways of limiting alcohol sales and Bette police coordination to Deal with violent fans. Leader from Page 1 custody for questioning by police investigating the possibility that Demirag s weapon had been smuggled into the building. Police and witnesses said Demirag was standing a few Yards from the lectern in a group of news photog Raphers when he fired. Bezduk said Demirag s gun jammed after he shot at Ozal. Interior minister Mustafa kale met a physician quickly wrapped a White cloth around Ozal s wound. As blood seeped through the Bandage Ozal returned to the Tecler and declared no one can take away the life Given by god except god himself the crowd jumped la its feet and applauded. A saw the gunman take careful  at the Premier and fire at him twice yup Asik a Deputy chairman of the party told the Agency. Ozal s doctor Vengis asian told reporters a Bullet entered. Ozal s hand through the right thumb an exited from the Palm. The Premier received three stitches and returned to the convention Hall three hours after the 12 15 . Attack. Later delegates re elected Ozal chair Man of the party. There were no other candidates. Bezduk said that of the 16 bystanders wounded by gunfire two required surgery but were in Satis fac. Lory condition. Ozan returned to Turkey on wednesday from a three Day visit to Greece the first by a turkish Premier in 36 years  
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